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West Lakes forestry

Wasdale, Cumbria
Staff and volunteers working woodland
Staff and volunteers working woodland

At-a-glance details

  • Dates15 June 2019 to 22 June 2019
  • Holiday typeTrust
  • AvailabilityPlaces available
  • Activity type Coast and countryside, Rural skills
  • Cost£170
  • Physicality8
  • Holiday code19JTP157
  • AccommodationWasdale Annex Bunkhouse
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About West Lakes forestry

Join our foresters for a variety of woodland work.

Come and join the foresters and help them with their work in the western Lakes. Over the week you will be ‘beating up’ some of our recently planted fell-side woods with stunning views across the Wasdale and Eskdale valleys. There will also be some coppicing work along with invasive-species control. During the week you will also get the chance to learn how to make some charcoal in our kiln and take some away with you for your summer BBQs.

About the accommodation

The accommodation is spread over two floors consisting of a lounge/dining area with a log burner, a small kitchen and two areas consisting of five rooms. Outside you are 70 yards from the shore of Wastwater and there is plenty of outdoor and informal garden space. There is access to our boathouse and rowing boat less than a mile away. 

Notes for guests

A standard kit list can be found on our Essential Information page. 

Enquire and book

Call 0344 800 3099

Opening times

Monday to Friday: 9am to 9pm
Saturday: 9am to 7pm
Sunday: 9am to 1pm
We are also open 9am to 5pm on bank holidays.

 

Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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Snow settles on the screes of Illgill Head, tumbling down into Wastwater

Wasdale

Towering mountains and the deepest lake in England
Snow-capped peaks of the Ennerdale skyline with a glimpse of Ennerdale Water through wintery trees

Ennerdale

Home of the Wild Ennerdale project with 30 miles of traffic-free paths
Fells and lake in winter at Crummock, Lake District

Buttermere Valley

Tranquil area of dramatic fells, farms and woodland, encompassing three lakes
Walkers and their dogs at Blea Tarn in Eskdale and Duddon Valley, Cumbria

Eskdale and Duddon Valley

Valleys of many delights
Sticklebarn

Sticklebarn and The Langdales

An adventure playground of rugged slopes, craggy summits and a cracking pint
Winter walker on the edge of Derwent Water, Lake District

Borrowdale and Derwent Water

Spectacular and varied lakeland landscape around Derwent Water

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West Lakes forestry

Wasdale, Cumbria
Call 0344 800 3099
Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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